I is the ninth letter of the alphabet,1 is a numeral and represents a single unit.Which is better,"ie","ie","ie",or one,one,one?I agree that,by convention,"ie","ie","ie",has been adopted by this board,so no more bucking the trend."ie","ie","ie",it is,or rather III.

I is the ninth letter of the alphabet,1 is a numeral and represents a single unit.Which is better,"ie","ie","ie",or one,one,one?I agree that,by convention,"ie","ie","ie",has been adopted by this board,so no more bucking the trend."ie","ie","ie",it is,or rather III.

If 111 could mean three, we would have quite a hard time counting big numbers, wouldn't you say?

111 means one-hundred and eleven, not three. In the same way, 11 means eleven, not two.

As for III meaning three, this isn't a BITOG convention. As QuattroPete pointed out, it's the Roman numeral for three. That representation predates BITOG by quite a long time.